June 21 2018 SUMMER SOLSTICE

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Calling in the light -
Summer’s sun crosses the sky.
Healing glow blesses.
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Image – NBC news - 2003 Summer Solstice at Stonehenge
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JUNE 1, 2018 Slowing Down

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Golden pink curtain.
Warm farewell caress to hills,
Ceding sky to stars.
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Whether you are sitting on your own back porch – or on vacation at a lodge in the Swiss Alps – even out walking the dog in the neighborhood as evening approaches …. Those few moments when the sun has just slipped below the horizon and it is now dark enough for the stars to appear … you may find you want to slow down. You probably want to stop and face into the west. You are silent even if just for a moment and you breathe in the beauty and exhale a ‘thank you’.
When the weather is pleasant, it is not unusual for those in my neighborhood to open doors and come outside as evening approaches. Sometimes we gather and talk a bit. . . . and then, at the moment the sun is going behind the Tunnel Hill Road across the canyon and up into the mountain vista / Inspiration Point, we pause. Someone will verbalize how beautiful the sky is to the west. Another will note the beauty of the stars as they begin to appear. A third will raise their head and feel the breeze and the air temperature and then say something about that also. There is a lull in the conversation as we enjoy the moment and consider with gratitude our good fortune to live in a neighborhood with friends of good heart. Friends who know the importance of gathering as the day is transitioning into night and enjoy the beauty of these precious moments.

This in a small way is ceremony wherein there is an honoring of the transition from light to dark. We are moving fully into the time of darkness wherein the heart is in transcendence. The cocoon of sacred night approaches. A blanket of stars is wrapped about us by the Great Mother. The Hand of Her Love guides the Universe, and all is as it should be.

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Photo of the Swiss Alps at sunset. I do not know the source of this photo
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May 31, 2018 EACH DAY, BEGINS ANEW

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Summer approaches -
Early fruit ripens with sun –
Taste of things to come.
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Sometimes, with berries especially, we are given a foretaste of the life to come, an opportunity to assess. Have we over watered diluting the sweetness of the fruit? Have we underwatered creating undersized body and dry pulp to the fruit? Or have we created the correct balance to create and bring about the best possible berries?
Because of the nature of berry production if we are observant and discerning we can make changes through the growing season to improve outcome.
Let us juxtapose these thoughts to the garden of human earth life. Let us assess the trajectory of the life we have been given.
Where do you want to be in 5 years, 25 years or 50 years?
Each day, each moment the journey begins anew. Each choice – some oh so small and some huge create change or increased focus to the trajectory of our life.
As I look at the challenges many face, without the benefit of spiritual path, I feel such empathy for them. The task of creating positive change in their life must feel daunting. Without a spiritual discipline pulling oneself up and out of the mire must be arduous. The seeds of their intentions are scattered to the wind – falling where they may.
Yet, with even a little intention, focus, prayer we can begin the journey towards the light … towards the creation of goodness.

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“We wanderers, ever seeking the lonelier way, 

begin no day where we have ended another day; 

and no sunrise finds us where sunset left us. 

Even while the earth sleeps we travel. We are the seeds of the tenacious plant, 

and it is in our ripeness and our fullness of heart that we are given to the wind and are scattered.”

― Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet

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TO PICK BERRIES, painting created by Andrey Shishkin

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SunLight

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Thru Divine Mother,
Natural world is alter
Where sunlight feeds me.

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Waking in the morning – before the sun – I wait expectantly for the first rays of light to pierce the darkness. Our first and primary food is God’s Love and with joyous abandon we accept this food. Light is first nourishment in physical manifestation of this Love. 

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Divine Mother,

Your sunlight feeds me,

making me healthy, strong and tireless.

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I took this photo of sunrise in Mission Canyon

– my home –

with gratitude to The Mother for Her Love manifest in sunlight. 

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Dawn

Rising with the sun.
Hear the morning’s sweet love song,
Wake and stretch, then pray.

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This is a page from COSMIC CHANTS

book by Paramahansa Yogananda

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